Peter Levine & Maggie Phillips: Freedom from Pain
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Tami Simon speaks with Dr. Peter Levine and Dr. Maggie Phillips. Dr. Phillips is the director of the California Institute of Clinical Hypnosis and is author of Finding the Energy to Heal and Reversing Chronic Pain. Dr. Levine is the developer of the groundbreaking Somatic Experiencing® approach to healing trauma. With Sounds True, they have coauthored a book and accompanying CD called Freedom from Pain. In this episode, Tami speaks with Maggie and Peter about the prevalence of chronic pain today, how physical pain may relate to past trauma, and the stages that pain sufferers commonly experience. They also offer inspiring real-world examples and insights about the keys for solving “the puzzle of pain.” (59 minutes)
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I really like the practical focus of this show. On the crisis line I answer, a significant proportion of the suicidal callers we get are suffering from chronic physical pain.
I was severely annoyed (maybe occasionally suffered) by chronic pain for 18 years. The pain ended the day I saw the xray of the bone tumor that my body was trying to tell me about.
Comment by Rich — April 7, 2012 @ 2:30 pm
After coming to the conclusions that Peter and Maggie discuss in this podcast on my own, and healing myself thru methods other than “let’s get a psychatric eval so we can give you drugs” I was so excited/externally validated by their discussion. I encourage anybody with chronic pain to give serious consideration to their approach, and see how it fits with them. I literally reached the bottom of the well of hopelesness and recovered. So many people are still there. Just because chronic pain has been so misunderstood and doctors are so scared of it, does not mean it has to stay that way. If it works for you – tell your Dr. It’s time for us to educate them.
Comment by Caroline — May 20, 2012 @ 8:51 am
[...] Peter Levine and Dr. Maggie Phillips about how we store pain in our bodies (you can check it out here). We are like emotional camels, who fill ourselves up with past experiences, tensing our bodies and [...]
Pingback by Emotional camels « Simple Heart, Open Mind — July 9, 2012 @ 1:00 pm
This fine talk applies to even more than physical pain. One of the reasons we suffer is due to a negative feedback loop we create that tends to include a tense bracing against what is. When it is safe to do so it may help to relax this bracing by first being aware we are doing it and then doing some breathing, stretching, and shaking.
I have been so fascinated by the topics of these Soundstrue talks for so long that I am only just now becoming aware of how nicely produced they are. From the first moment until the very last it is a beautiful listening experience. Thank you Tami and your creative and skillful staff.
Comment by Stanley — September 17, 2012 @ 6:13 am